I am amazed at the people who can look at a … say … 20 minute interview and believe that they can definitetively state that not only was the candidate unable to answer the questions, but that they never under any conditions that may occur in the future would be able to answer the questions and/or lead the country.
I only saw random bits of the Couric interview, but I am not ready to proclaim Palin not only unready, but incapable of being ready ever based on those bits. To make such a claim based on such a small amount of information is ridiculous and, I believe, probably stems from a bit of sexism.
Let’s assume that Palin IS unready for the sake of argument. Is Biden a better pick? Even his running mate claims that 2 decades in Washington makes you part of the problem and Biden has 3 decades in. And his responses to the dozens of interviews? Do we really want a President who says literally anything that pops into his head when he thinks it? Does experience really matter if you didn’t learn anything from it as Biden has apparently not?
The question was asked about Obama being more qualified…. and oddly enough if he was more qualified than Palin.
Were Obama all that good, he would have recognized from the beginning that the only time he should refer to Palin is when he says “Senator McCain and his running mate”. His constant attacks on Palin were rookie mistakes and called to attention to his incredibly thin resume. I would take two years in ANY Governor’s chair over 8 years in the state senate. I have dealt regularly with people in such a position before and no way does it prepare them to be president. And that position was the best of Obama’s resume. No way does a 140 days in the Senate qualify anyone by itself. As to campaigning for the position … well, the only thing that proves is that after enough time, people can learn the material … which, of course, means that ANYONE (including Palin) could learn the same thing if given some time.
No, I didn’t think McCain was the best pick and still don’t. Had he picked Jindal, I would have written in a name before voting for him. No offense to Jindal – he simply does nothing to convince me to vote for a McCain ticket. The same could be said for several of the other choices. Had McCain picked Huckabee, I would have not only voted for Obama, I would have campagined for him as well.
Sometimes, small victories can come from a losing effort – which McCain-Palin may be – and I think that is the case here. This particular choice has definitely showed the sexism that does exist even in the party – supposedly – of women. The media as well has lost a great deal of credibility by their actions in the manner in which they attacked her. If some of the things just below the surface have been dragged out into the light of day and shown to be what they truly are, then it (the Palin pick) was absolutely worth it regardless.
